Aristotle's lantern

Japanese: アリストテレスの提灯 - ありすとてれすのちょうちん(英語表記)Aristotle's lantern
Aristotle's lantern

The name of the mouthparts of echinoderm sea urchins. A large, complex chewing organ located at the bottom inside the shell, it is made up of 40 bones of five types, and has 60 muscles of six types attached to it. The largest of these bones is called the jawbone, and inside the suture of the paired jawbone pieces is a slender dentary. The lower tip of the dentary is pointed and is exposed in the mouth as a tooth. The name comes from the fact that the philosopher Aristotle first described it in the 4th century BC as resembling an ancient Greek lantern. Among sea urchins, the sea urchins, the sea urchins and the sea urchins, do not have this organ.

[Michio Shigei]

[Reference] | Sea urchin

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

棘皮(きょくひ)動物のウニ類の口器の名称。殻の内側下部に位置する複雑な構造の大形そしゃく器官で、5種40片の骨からなり、6種60枚の筋肉が付着する。構成骨のうちで最大のものは顎骨(がくこつ)とよばれ、対をなす顎骨片の縫合線の内側に細長い歯骨がある。歯骨の下部先端はとがり、歯として口の部分に露出する。名称の由来は、紀元前4世紀に哲学者アリストテレスが古代ギリシア製の提灯に似たものとして初めて記載したことによる。ウニ類のうち、ブンブク類とマンジュウウニ類にはこの器官はない。

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